he always stood by us, and he never stopped supporting us. i feel so grateful to him. ♪ >> reporter: throughout watanabe's life, caring people have watched out for him in both china and japan. >> translator: i am a victim of war. i became an orphan in china because of it, so i despise wars. as feelings harden between japan and china over the senkaku islands, i'm afraid the two countries will go to war, but nothing is more important than maintaining peace. >> reporter: watanabe has two homelands, japan and china, so desperately he hopes no blood will be spilled between the two peoples. tomoko yamaguchi, nhk world, nara. >>> a report sponsored by the u.s. government says shipping surplus shale gas overseas will benefit the country's economy. this could fave way for getting government permission to export the commodity. the u.s. energy department released the report on wednesday. it says the export of shale gas and other natural gas products would raise energy prices but would help the economy overall. the government is now ready to examine wh